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Skittles

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36. my granda called it "the price of love"

Reply to Coventina (Reply #35)

Wed Oct 6, 2021, 04:37 PM

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How 'Big Funeral' Made the Afterlife So Expensive [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2021 OP

Republican solution: don't die. Sibelius Fan Oct 2021 #1

why would cremation cost over six thousand dollars? Skittles Oct 2021 #2

Don't think, at least I hope, the simplest cremation is much over $1000 or Hoyt Oct 2021 #5

Likely a full funeral followed by cremation nt berniesandersmittens Oct 2021 #6

We cremated my Sister in 2018 for $1,500. The boat to take her out to sea cost around $1,000 . . . Journeyman Oct 2021 #12

My dog just recently died (I'm still grieving) Coventina Oct 2021 #24

very sorry Coventina Skittles Oct 2021 #34

Aw, thanks so much, Skittles! Coventina Oct 2021 #35

my granda called it "the price of love" Skittles Oct 2021 #36

Jessica Mitford covered the high cost of death in ger book "The American Way of Death" dflprincess Oct 2021 #3

The "American Way of Death" is insane. niyad Oct 2021 #4

It's not just the American way of death malaise Oct 2021 #22

Nobody needs to pay for a funeral. brooklynite Oct 2021 #7

Guilt trip. You want to go cheap? Don't you love your mother? keithbvadu2 Oct 2021 #8

I've put it in my will that my dead meat be disposed of as cheaply as possible Silent3 Oct 2021 #9

Same here! lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #17

Same here. As I am into conservation and recycling, my instructions are, harvest niyad Oct 2021 #23

26,000? jimfields33 Oct 2021 #10

Catholic funerals are the worst LeftInTX Oct 2021 #26

I paid close to $20,000 to bury my mom Horse with no Name Oct 2021 #11

The Death Care Industry Blue Owl Oct 2021 #13

Just like big wedding. bamagal62 Oct 2021 #14

One of my husband's friends request that a potluck be held at the house in lieu of services. shrike3 Oct 2021 #15

I want my carcass disposed of in the cheapest legal way. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #16

It's illegal to thrown it in the garbage... LeftInTX Oct 2021 #20

Yeah, that tends to cause a ruckus. lagomorph777 Oct 2021 #21

No that is not correct. cinematicdiversions Oct 2021 #18

In my area Sgent Oct 2021 #19

In light of this information, I'm considering donating my remains to science. Coventina Oct 2021 #25

Good luck with that...they have too many requests and bodies.. LeftInTX Oct 2021 #28

Wow. I was not aware of that! Coventina Oct 2021 #30

Check into it now LeftInTX Oct 2021 #31

You can get a biodegradable cardboard coffin for about $300 Tanuki Oct 2021 #27

My state, Washington, recently passed a law allowing for bodies to be composted. Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2021 #29

This type of "green burial" appeals to me: Tanuki Oct 2021 #32

Church I'm involved with is part of a group that owns... Xolodno Oct 2021 #33